Receptacle-suspender.



I LEHMAN & w. B. JOHNSON.

RECEPTACLE SUSPENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI8,1914,

1,, 146,334 Patented July 13, 1915.

WITNESSES IN VE/V TORS ATTORNEY KURT LEHMAN AND WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, OFSEATTLE, WZQSHINGTON- RECEPTACLE-SUSPENDER.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Application filed May 18, 1914; Serial No. 839,191.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, KURT LEHMAN and VILLTAMl3. JOHNSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Seattle, in thecounty of King and State of Vashington, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Receptacle-Suspenders, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in hand-hold devices that areadapted to be removably attached to the round upper portions ofreceptacles, as to the neck of a bottle, whereby such receptacles may becarried while suspended, and the object of our improvement is to providea suspending device of this class which shall be strong, simple andcomparatively inexpensive to make and which may be attached quickly andsecurely to the neck of a common milk bottle, thereby to suspend andcarry such bottle, and be readily detached therefrom.

We accomplish this object by devices illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a deviceembodying our invention; Fig. 2 is a view of the same in side elevationas it appears when it is clasped about the top of a milk bottle; Fig. 3is a view of the same in cross-section on broken line A, A of Fig. 2;and Fig. 4 is a plan View of the same as it appears when the handle isturned downwardly to be in the same plane with the other parts.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numeralsindicate like parts, 5 is a circular band, of springy sheet metal formedto have two adjacent ends 6 and 7, one of which ends 6, is provided witha T shaped hole 8 and the other of which ends is provided with a Tshapedcatch 9 that is adapted to pass through the larger portion of the hole 8and then to have its shank 10 drawn backwardly into the narrowed portionof the hole 8 until shoulders 11 on the catch 9 engage with the outersurface of the end 6 adjacent the hole ,8 to form a lock to prevent thetwo ends 6 and 7 from being separated, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2.

A bail or hand-hold 12 having the shape of an inverted letter U andhaving its two ends pivotally secured by rivets 13 to oppositelydisposed points on the circular band 5 is provided to serve as a handlewith which the fingers of a person may engage to carry a bottle to whichthe device is attached, the

rivets 13 serving to produce suflicient frict1on to cause the hand-hold12 to remain in any posltion in which it is placed until force 1sexerted to change such position, such hand-hold 12 being adapted to befolded or turned into the plane of the circular band 5, as more clearlyillustrated in Fig. 4, whereby the device may be made to cocupy a smallamount of vertical space when 1t 1s not in use.

The band 5 is constructed of spring metal and is adapted when it is notlocked in a closed position, to remain with the ends shghtly spread asshown in Fig. 1, whereby such band 5 easily may be slipped downwardlyover the top flan e of a milk bottle 14, and after such band has beenplaced about the neck of a bottle it may be locked 1n position bypressure of the fingers on the outslde surface of such band, the-catch 9on the end 7 passing under the outwardly curved end 6 and throu h theenlarged portion of the hole Sand 1; e shank 10 of such catch 9 passingbackwardly into the smaller portion of the hole 8 when pressure on theoutside of the band 5 is released thus causing the shoulders 11 toengage with the end 6 to lock the ends 6 and 7 together.

When the band 5 is to be released from a bottle neck it is grasped bythe fingers and a pressure 1s exerted on such band to: press the catch 9backwardly and out of the enlarged portion of the Hole 8, the corners.15

of such hole 8 being rounded to prevent the catch 9 from binding thereinwhen such catch is released and the spring-like action of the band 5spreading the ends of such band slightly apart as soon as the catch 9 isreleased and the pressure on the outside of the band is released. 1

What we claim is:

A bottle carrier comprising a band of resilient sheet metal, the ends ofwhich are curved outward in opposite directions and adapted to lie inspaced relation when disconnected, one of said ends having a T- shapedslot with its widest portion extending transversely of the band and itsnarrower portion extending in a plane parallel to that of the edges ofthe band, the walls of the narrower portion bein continuously curved toprevent binding w ile the other end of the band is provided-with aT-shaped tongue slotted on its edges to provide op- 2 maeeepositely-disposed shoulders adapted to enhaving its ends pivotallysecured to the gage the outer surface of the slotted end of band.

the band by the outward spring of the re- In witness whereof, wehereunto subscribe silient ends of the band, whereby the outer our namesthis sixth day of May A. 1)., 1914.

5 curved end of the tongue is presented in po- KUPT I EHMAN sition to bereadily forced circumferentially WVHJWLIAJM B OH to permit of itspassage through the wider k portion of said slot by the resilientoutward Witnesses:

pressure of the band ends to disengage said J. S. GAFFNEY, 10 ends, incombination with a sheet metal bail FRANK WARREN.

